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Jeremiah scored 28 points in yesterday's

basketball game. He made a total of 17 baskets.
Some of the baskets were field goals (worth two
points) and the rest were free throws (worth one
point). Write and solve a system of equations to
find the number of field goals and the number of
free throws that Jeremiah made.

User Manolete
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Let the number of free throws Jeramiah got be x and the field goals he got be 17-x.

x + 2(17-x) = 28

x = 6

Jeramiah made 6 field throws.

User The New Guy
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Answer:

There you go , happy to help

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